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Original Article

In-vitro killing of Candida species by murine immunoeffectors and its relationship to the experimental pathogenicity

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Pages 377-387 | Accepted 09 Jul 1985, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Killing of yeast cells of several species of Candida by murine phagocytic cells was assessed in vitro by a radiolabel release microassay and measurement of colony forming units. The most effective candidacidal phagocytes, i.e. polymorphonuclear and bone marrow cells, were able to kill equally well cells of any species or isolate tested, given sufficient time (4 h) and an appropriate effector: target ratio. However, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei and C. parapsilosis were killed by polymorphonuclear and bone marrow cells much more promptly (1 h) and at a significantly lower effector:target ratio than C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. viswanathii. Moreover, there were immune effectors such as peritoneal resident macrophages and, mostly, spleen cells which were practically ineffective against C. albicans and C. tropicalis but showed significant activity against C. guilliermondii, C. krusei and C. parapsilosis, even in mice immuno-depressed with cyclophosphamide. Three isolates of C. albicans, differing in the capacity to form germ tubes, also differed in mouse virulence: the germ-tube forming isolate was the most virulent. However, they showed an identical pattern of susceptibility to killing by mouse immunoeffectors, suggesting that virulence is probably not due to the resistance of hyphal cell to phagocytosis.

Riassunto

E' stata studiata la capacità fagocitica di effetori murini verso le cellule di varie specie di Candida, mediante un test di rilascio di cromio radioattivo e l'enumerazione delle unità formanti colonie. I fagociti più efficienti, cioè i granulociti polimorfonucleari (PMN) ed i blasti midollari (BM) si sono rivelati capaci di uccidere egualmente bene cellule di tutte le specie di Candida testate, allorchè tempo di contatto (4 ore) e rapporto effettore:bersaglio erano sufficienti. Tuttavia C. guilliermondii, C. krusei e C. parapsilosis erano uccise dai PMN molto prima (1 ora) ad un più basso rapporto effettore:bersaglio che non C. albicans, C. tropicalis e C. viswanathii. Inoltre, alcuni effettori quali i residenti peritoneali (PEC) e gli splenociti (SC) erano praticamente inefficaci contro C. albicans e C. tropicalis ma mostravano una certa efficacia contro C. guilliermondii, C. krusei e C. parapsilosis, anche in topi immunodepressi con cyclophosphamide. Tre ceppi di C. albicans, distinti per proprieta morfologiche, erano anche diversamente virulenti per il topo, essendo il ceppo germinativo il più virulento. Ciononostante, essi erano ugualmente suscettibili all'azione fagocitica. Ciò suggerisce che la virulenza di C. albicans non è, probabilmente, dovuta alla resistenza dell'ifa alla fagocitosi.

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